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Peru: Cesar Acuña violated campaign finance regulations

Peru’s electoral authority has ruled that presidential candidate Cesar Acuña violated campaign finance laws by…

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Cesar Acuña may lose degree after plagiarism revealed in thesis

The Complutense University of Madrid is investigating alleged plagiarism in the doctoral thesis of Peru…

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Northern Peru braces for mosquito-borne Zika virus

The health director of Peru’s northern state of Tumbes has requested the national government declare…

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Julio Guzman stumbles over indigenous rights law

Julio Guzman has backtracked in an early gaffe committed just after emerging as a contender in…

  • Economy

Cesar Acuña promises state controls on prices, exchange rate

Presidential candidate Cesar Acuña said that Peru’s government should enact price controls and the central…

  • Culture

Peru: 3,500-year-old skeleton discovered in Lima

Archaeologists unearthed the remains of a Pre-Ceramic Period woman from the El Paraiso archaeological site…

  • Lima

Fire in Lima beach town highlights poor water infrastructure

A blazing fire which destroyed a supermarket in the Asia district has brought scrutiny to…

  • Economy

El Niño droughts affect harvests in southern Peru

A lack of rain throughout southern Peru will devastate this year’s harvests of crops including…

  • Economy

Peru: stronger stocks may prevent Lima exchange downgrade

Increased liquidity and market capitalization in two Peru-listed companies could protect the Lima stock exchange’s…

  • Business

Anti-mining protesters occupy downtown Cusco

Thousands of protesters demonstrated in Cusco’s downtown plaza to demand the repeal of dozens of…